Each year, the TASH Conference brings together a diverse community of stakeholders who gain information, learn about resources, and connect with others across the country to strengthen the disability field. This year’s conference theme, “Still We Rise for Equity, Opportunity, and Inclusion,” shows the resilience of individuals with disabilities and their families across the lifespan. Conference attendees will celebrate their passion for disability rights, civil rights, and human rights while exploring inclusive communities, schools, and workplaces that support people with disabilities, including those with complex support needs. Return to TASH website.

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Teaching students with significant disabilities how to independently request can be a significant challenge for practitioners working with students who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). This presentation outlines five strategies that practitioners can use to help students with complex communication needs generalize requesting behaviors across people, stimuli, and settings. These strategies are presented as a menu of options from which practitioners can pick and choose, including: (a) introducing and training others to use natural consequences, (b) using a variety of examples and teaching "loosely", (c) exposing students to variable access to requested items, (d) programing common items in the training area (e.g., classroom), and (e) providing a consistent communication system. When practitioners plan for generalization of requesting among their students, they can select one or more strategies from the menu to encourage their students' successful generalization of these communication requests.